She will be given protection by security personnel of the Gujarat Intelligence Bureau.
The Vadodara police are also searching for Zaheera.
More than 24 hours after the Mumbai sessions court issued notice to Zaheera Sheikh and her family for perjury, the controversial witness in the Best Bakery case was yet to approach her advocate for future course of action.
Saira went back on her statement made during her deposition in the fast-track court at Vadodara.
Prosecutor Manjula Rao said Zaheera had pledged to depose, but that the prosecution would excercise its discretion over the date.
Zaheera, who was in tears, sought Judge Abhay Thipsey's permission to say something in camera.
Prosecutor Manjula Rao told the designated Judge Abhay Thipsay that she would examine Zaheera at the end of the trial.
Saira, the elder sister of Zaheera Sheikh and an eyewitness, on Wednesday feigned ignorance about the identity of factory workers.
Nasibullah, brother of prime witness in Best Bakery case Zaheera Shaikh, on Thursday retracted his police statement.
Yasmin Sheikh, an eyewitness in the Best Bakery case and sister-in-law of prime witness Zaheera Sheikh, on Tuesday identified eleven accused in the case.
"It is a brief letter of appeal and she has written that since the commission has been redressing the problems of women, we can understand her suffering."
With the Supreme Court Wednesday sentencing Best Bakery prime witness Zaheera Sheikh to one year imprisonment for contempt of court, Vadodara police has intensified its search for Zaheera and her family.
The Supreme Court, which had imposed a fine Rs 50,000 on Zaheera or additional imprisonment of three months, had on March 7 waived off the penalty because of her poor financial condition.
Sadhvi Meenakshi Devi, who deposed before the commission on Tuesday, did not turn up.
Zaheera Sheikh is the prime witness in the Best Bakery case. She is the seventh witness to turn hostile.
Setalvad questioned in the application: "Who arranged for the press conference (in which Zaheera retracted her earlier statement)?"
Zaheera had been absconding ever since the Supreme Court sentenced her for perjury.
The affidavit had detailed the carnage and named some of the accused in the Best Bakery case.
The judge had read out the charges to Zaheera on the last occasion and explained the accusations against her and other members of her family.
The judge also ordered that Zaheera might be given a set off for the period she has already spent in prison after her surrender before the court recently.
Best Bakery key witness Zaheera Sheikh, who was handed down a one-year imprisonment by the Supreme Court for committing contempt by lying before it, Monday moved the apex court seeking reduction of her sentence.
Zaheera Shaikh, undergoing conviction for contempt of court in a Nasik jail, has become a workaholic and taken up sewing and embroidery to keep herself occupied, according to her lawyer Umesh Deshpande.
The judge also said that Zaheera had stated that she was not aware about happenings in the Best Bakery case in Vadodara court.
Earlier, Zaheera had told the court that she did not want to serve the sentence in a Gujarat prison and would like to be in a Maharashtra jail.
Vadodara Police Commissioner S K Sinha told PTI that Zaheera and her family are at a completely safe location."
Zaheera Sheikh had accused Madhu Shrivastava of threatening her.
The Commission, comprising Justice (retd) G T Nanavati and justice (retd) K G Shah, on Thursday summoned her after it heard an application filed by her advocate Atul Mistry.
Sehrunnisa Sheikh was held guilty of contempt of court.
Key Best Bakery witness Zaheera Sheikh had moved the apex Court seeking retrial of the case at any place outside Gujarat.
Zaheera, who is undergoing one-year imprisonment imposed on her by the Supreme Court for contempt of court, was produced amidst tight security.
Masjlis-e-Shura is one of the apex decision-making bodies of Muslims. The decision has the consent of the Muslim Personal Law Board.
The petitioner, Mukul Sinha of Jan Sangarsh Manch, wants to cross-examine Zaheera in connection with an affidavit filed by her before the commission.
Zaheera and her family have to reply to perjury charges.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 500, failing which, Zaheera will have to undergo another 10-days of rigorous imprisonment.
Sehrunissa has said her statements were wrongly recorded.
She accused the NGO that was helping her of 'pressurising' her into making statements and naming 'innocent persons' during the ongoing retrial.
The Supreme Court on Friday admitted the petition filed by the key witness in the case.
'We received a letter from her today in which she has complained of being coerced to name innocent persons in the case by Setalvad and her NGO,' Tarlochan Singh said.
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